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The Bee's Knees
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Statistics
Type
Damage26 (Ranged)
Knockback0 (No knockback)
Critical chance4%
Use time22 (Fast)
Velocity8
TooltipWooden arrows turn into a column of bees
Rarity3
Sell54

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File:The Bee's Knees Animation.gif

The Bee's Knees firing a line of bees

The Bee's Knees is a bow that converts Wooden Arrows into lines of bees. When fired using wooden arrows, the bow instead emits a special projectile resembling a line of bees. On impact with an enemy or solid block, the projectile breaks apart, spawning five bees that quickly break formation and begin to home in on nearby enemies; similar to Meteor Shot, the individual bees can each pierce one enemy or ricochet off a solid block once, but not both.

The bow has a 33% (66% in Expert Mode) of being dropped by Queen Bee. The best Modifier this weapon can receive is Unreal.

Notes

  • Because of how closely the burst of bees is packed and how quickly they move, an enemy will almost never take damage from all five in the first shot. Passing through an enemy in this way will not count as a piercing shot, but the bees will still scatter and begin homing.
  • Like other bee-based weapons, bees fired by this weapon dissipate immediately on contact with water or lava, and are affected by the Hive Pack.
  • Because of their more limited number of ricochets, individual bees fired from The Bee's Knees generally have less longevity than other bee weapons; however, the weapon's main shots deal much more damage than other such weapons, and as they can be fired using cheap ammo without concern for mana

Tips

  • Unlike many bows that convert arrows for special shots, The Bee's Knees can be used to fire special arrows normally. In this capacity, it is an above-average bow, second only to the Molten Fury but accessible much earlier. However, its special shots can never inherit the higher damage of a superior arrow type.
  • In close quarters, The Bee's Knees can be used to do trick shots, striking the projectile against a surface to send bees into an area without requiring the player to leave cover. However, bees will ricochet more often in confined spaces as well, causing them to die off faster and deal less damage overall.
  • Its ability to quickly build a swarm of constant damage and hitstun around enemies, as well as access to the Endless Quiver, can help The Bee's Knees remain viable into Hardmode.

Trivia

  • The name refers to the phrase "bee's knees", which means something excellent or outstanding.
  • This weapon is a part of the set of bee-related weapons, all connected to Queen Bee and the Hive.

History

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